13/10/2013

Here's a quick and easy step-by-step Smokey Brown Eyes tutorial featuring the new eyeshadow palette: MAC Her Cocoa Eyeshadow palette from the Riri Hearts MAC Collection. Out of the two eyeshadow palettes, I've picked this one as I love warm neutral shades - they complement my skin tone perfectly. The eyeshadows themselves are good quality -- but more to come in my in depth review and swatches of the MAC Her Cocoa Eyeshadow palette. In this tutorial, the colours I've used here are not particularly unique to MAC - you can find similar shades with different brands. This post is quite lengthy and picture heavy - be warned! xx

Products used

MAC Soft Ochre Paint pot

Riri Hearts MAC Her Cocoa Eyeshadow Palette

MAC Soba eyeshadow

MAC Smolder eye kohl

Lancome Cils Booster

Lancome Dolly Eyes Mascara

Tools

Sigma SS252 flat eyeshadow brush

Sigma Tapered fluffy blending brush

MAC 222 eyeshadow brush

MAC 228 eyeshadow brush

MAC 239 eyeshadow brush

MAC 234 eyeshadow brush

Essense of Beauty Fine Crease brush

Sigma S219 pencil brush

Shiseido eyelash curler

How -to:

1. Apply a skin coloured eyeshadow base all over the lid with a flat eyeshadow brush.

3. Using a stiff blending brush, apply MAC Soba eyeshadow to the crease.

4. With the same brush, apply a dark brown eyeshadow to the outer corners of the crease and blend.

5. With a firm eyeshadow brush, apply a warm bronze eyeshadow on the lid and blend out harsh edges.

6. Using a pencil brush, apply dark brown eyeshadow on the outer third of the lower lash line.

7. With a small eyeshadow brush, apply gold eyeshadow to the inner crease and the inner third of the lower lash line.

8. Using a fluffy blending brush, blend out harsh edges.

9. Using a black kohl pencil, line the upper lash line.

10. Blend this out with a stiff pencil brush.

11. Apply and blend the black kohl pencil to the lower lash line.

12. Apply mascara and curl the lashes.

What do you think? ♥

I don't often do eyeshadow tutorials as these making these posts require a lot of effort and are quite time-consuming, but if you learnt something or if you've enjoyed this tutorial, let me know and I will try to do more!

Also, I'd love to see anyone recreate this look - send me a link below and I'll check it out!

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